The siblings of Benjamin Marcum shared their memories of their brother, days after police said he was murdered in Nashua. WMUR's Mike Cronin reports.

The siblings of Benjamin Marcum shared their memories of their brother, days after police said he was murdered in Nashua. WMUR's Mike Cronin reports.

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Updated: 3:26 AM EDT Mar 16, 2015

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WEBVTT NOW WMUR NEWS 9 TONIGHT. ANCHOR: BENJAMIN MARCUM'S FAMILY IS SHARING SOME OF THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED LAST WEEK IN NASHUA. GOOD EVENING, IM STEPHANIE WOODS. THE POLICE HAVE CHARGED A 17-YEAR-OLD WITH MARCUM'S DEATH. ANCHOR: THE MARCUM'S REMEMBER THERE BROTHER AS A KIND MAN WHO NEVER MISSED FAMILY GATHERINGS. AFTER EVERYTHING HE FOUGHT THROUGH, THE FAMILY IS DEVASTATED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. BENJAMIN MARCUM WAS THE HONEST OF 10 SIBLINGS. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE NAMED MARCUM, YOU ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO US. REPORTER: HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO TALK AND LEND A HELPING HAND. YOU COULD CALL HIM IF YOU NEEDED A STRONG BACK AND HE WOULD BE THERE. THEN WAS VERY PERSISTENT. -- BEN WAS VERY PERSISTENT. REPORTER: TODAY, THEY WERE PLANNING BENJAMIN'S FUNERAL. ON THURSDAY NIGHT, PROSECUTORS SAY JOHN GOFF STABBED MARCUM ON A BIKE PATH IN NASHUA. THE POLICE SAY THEY DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ANYTHING BUT A RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE. THERE IS NO REASON BEN WOULD BE OUT THERE FOR ANY OTHER REASON, WALKING TO THE STORE AND GETTING A PACK OF CIGARETTES. REPORTER: THEY SAID THAT HE HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA AND STRUGGLES FROM THE DEATH OF HIS PARENTS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE OVERCAME DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS. HE DID THE THINGS THE PROPER WAY AND CHANGED HIS LIFE AROUND INCREDIBLY. REPORTER: THEY HOPE JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED. HIS ALLEGED KILLER WILL BE IN A NASHUA COURTROOM MONDAY MORNING. WHOEVER DID THIS OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW BEEN -- DID NO BEN BECAUSE THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE HEARD HIM. REPORTER: HE WILL BE BURIED IN THE SAME LOT AS HIS PARENTS, MOST LIKELY IN ACTS -- AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. NATIONAL POLICE ARE STILL ASKING ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON

Family shares memories of stabbing victim

The siblings of Benjamin Marcum shared their memories of their brother, days after police said he was murdered in Nashua. WMUR's Mike Cronin reports.